Location: | Edinburgh |
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Salary: | £33,882 to £39,105 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 26th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 23rd October 2024 |
Job Ref: | 11288 |
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: 3.5 years
We are looking for a Research Assistant with experience of qualitative research methods to join the Wellcome-funded ‘After the Single Use: Rethinking Medical Devices for Reuse, Resilience and Renewal’ project. Travel nationally and internationally for data collection and events and workshops is required.
The Opportunity:
You will develop a series of case studies of single-use plastic medical devices in the global medical devices industry; research appropriate research methods for participatory workshops with medical device manufacturers and stakeholders; and undertake data collection.
The Wellcome-funded ‘After the Single Use: Rethinking Medical Devices for Reuse, Resilience and Renewal’ project will study sustainability transitions within the global medical devices industry, with a focus on the social and environmental impacts of single-use and plastic medical devices, and opportunities and challenges for developing re-usable alternatives.
This post is fixed term from January 2025 for a period of 42 months to end no later than August 2029. This post is full-time (35 hours per week). Travel nationally and internationally for data collection and events and workshops is required.
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